King Edward II
Edward was born in 1286, the fourth son of King Edward I and his wife Eleanor of Castile. He was...
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
In the Spring of 1947 a group of Bedouin people discovered a number of ancient scrolls that had been placed...
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera was the title of a story written by Gaston Leroux. It was first published in...
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First Ascent of the South-West Face of Everest
In 1953 Edmund Hillary and sherpa Tensing Norgay had been the first people to reach the summit of mount Everest....
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The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Edward the Confessor, who had died childless in January 1066, had become King in 1042 following the death of Harthacnut,...
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